San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-17
CITY COUNCIL.
A Tedious Meeting With Little Work
Done-More Iron Glad Limits Etc.

|
was held yesterday afternoon, begin
| ming rather late. at a quarter past 4
o'clock with quorum OF eight present
as follows:
Present: Belknap, Degener, Gal
lagher, Kalteyer, Mauermann, Reimann,
| Guerguin, Schreiner and Smye.
The minutes were read and approved.
The mayor then read the
| PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
From f. p. Claudon for leave OF Alb
sence. Granted.
From A. Runke, for license to open 8
| butcher shop. Granted.
l.. Weyel, to erect carriage house.
| Fire committee.
K. de Flores, for remission OF taxes,
assessment committee.
| Andrew Mata for monthly allowance.
Special committee and city physician.
From Francisco Rodriguez, for same,
| granted unanimously.
w. j. Il. Patterson, complaining OF
wrong assessment. Referred to assess
ment committee and city attorney.
| From Adams & Wickes, for permit to
erect an iron Glad building, rear of their
| new building. Referred 10 fire commit
| tee, not to report until after the new or
| dinance is adopted.
From San Antonio Water-wOrks, for
remission of certain taxes on machinery.
| Referred to assessment committee.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS.
! City physician, reporting on certain
| allowances granted. The mayor thought
the county should take care OF these. Re
| ferred to special committee to act upon.
Petition from Il. Callsen, complaining
of culvert on Turner street. The en-
gineer said the repairs would cost 1926.
Work was ordered for draining it at
once.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Reported statement of treasurer for
month of April, which WAS found cor
| rect. Taxes are coming in rapidly and
liabilities Of last year have been reduced
to $4,000
1t was resolved TO appropriate money
to recompense DR.. BrauDnagle for ex-
peDse in preparing his annual report.
Another for 800 for desks and chairs for
the assessors Office granted.
PETITIONS AND ORDINANCES.
From l.. Mahnoke, asking for a licensed
drummer. Refused.
From wash-houses, to connect drains
from houses to sewers or river. Granted.
Resolution of Alderman Belknap,
regulating railway speed to 10 miles per
hour in the city, was adopted.
STREETS AND BRIDGES COMMITTEE.
Report of street commissioner for
April WAS ordered filed.
Petition of citizens to have Crockett
street and Main avenue graded at cost
of S}l6, was not granted.
FIRE COMMITTEE.
Petition from Sam Maverick, to erect
five iron clad buildings on Houston and
NaCOgdoches streets, was granted.
Petition from A. Battaglia, for iron
clad stable permit was granted.
Petition of Thos. Pellicer, to erect
lumber building on east side Alamo
street for q drug store, was granted.
From G. Herman, to erect frame
iron clad on Nueva street, was granted.
Report of city attorney on the ordi-
nance regulating the erection of iron
clad buildings, was submitted and the
material defined by the committee. The
report was adopted.
From Miss Maria Meyer, for erection
of an iron clad building on Soledad
street for kitchen, was granted.
The resolution of Alderman Belknap
defining the iron clad building fire linn
lis created considerable discussion. The
committee defined the eastern limits at
Alamo plaza and western limits at west
side of Military plaza, instead of as Col.
Belknap had framed it. Then BelkDap
drew up an amendment, defining the
lines.
Conner wanted South Arsenal street
included in these lines.
1t was moved that the city attorney
draft this ordinance. Adopted.
GAS AND WATER COMMITTEE.
Petition from citizens, to have water
mains extended from PecOs to San Saba
street, was referred back, to know what
streets mains must be laid on.
A communication from the fire chief,
reporting the placing Of several new n.y.
drants and his inspection of same, was
referred back for the date of inspection.
Another communication Of the same
import was read from the chief. Like
action was taken.
Petition from citizens for water mains
on Utica street was granted, and the
mains to extend for one block each way
on Jackson street.
Resolution of Aid. Reimann that wa
ter mains be laid on GOliad street, was
reported upon faVorably by the commit
tee.
Market committee asked for further
time.
Aid. RiChey aeked what had become
of the resolution to have water mains
laid on the west side of Washington
square. The mayor said they mad been
ordered.
NEW BUSINESS.
By Smye, that a rock crossing be put down
on GOlad stOeet at Alamo street. Adopted.
BY Degener, that owners of property on
East Houston street, between Alamo plaza
and Necogdoches street, be notified to put
down class walks, and it not complied with
in 30 days, the mayor be authorized to have
the work done under city ordinance. Adopt
ed.
BY Schreiner, that the mayor be authorized
to have all instructions on Cameron street re-
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